py.test plugin for regression tests
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This pytest-plugin allows capturing of output of test functions which can be compared to the captured output from former runs. This is a common technique to start TDD if you have to refactor legacy code which ships without tests.
To install and activate this plugin you have to run:
$ pip install pytest-regtest
from your command line.
This py.test plugin provides a fixture named regtest for recording data by writing to this fixture, which behaves like an output stream:
def test_squares_up_to_ten(regtest): result = [i*i for i in range(10)] # one way to record output: print >> regtest, result # alternative method to record output: regtest.write("done")
We can redirect stdout to this stream using the regtest_redirect fixture:
def test_squares_up_to_ten(regtest_redirect): result = [i*i for i in range(10)] with regtest_redirect(): print result
For recording the approved output, you run py.test with the –reset-regtest flag:
$ py.test --regtest-reset
The recorded output is written to text files in the subfolder _regtest_outputs next to your test scripts.
You can reset recorded output of files and functions individually as:
$ py.test --regtest-reset tests/test_00.py $ py.test --regtest-reset tests/test_00.py::test_squares_up_to_ten
If you want to check that the testing function still produces the same output, you ommit the flag and run you tests as usual:
$ py.test
This shows diffs for the tests failing because the current and recorded output deviate.
To supress the diff and only see the stats use:
$ py.test --regtest-nodiff
If you want to see the recorded output on the commandline use:
$ py.test --regtest-tee -s
If you develop on mixed platforms it might be usefull to ignore white spaces at the end of the lines when comparing output. This can be achieved by specifying
$ py.test –regtest-ignore-line-endings
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